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The Association was established in 1926 and has been
active ever since, except for the war years of 1939-1945. We have all the minute books and they make fascinating
reading. The members in those early days were nothing if not enterprising, and the Association was soon playing a
significant role in the young Scottish Photographic Federation, and growing a membership approaching a hundred.
Today we have about forty members, making us around the seventeenth largest club of the eighty-odd affiliated to the
SPF.
We meet every Tuesday evening at 7.15, between mid-September and early April, at the Dell Farquharson Community Leisure
Centre in Dunfermline’s Nethertown Broad Street. Then just to make sure we don’t lose touch, the first Tuesdays of the
summer months see us gathering at the Pitbauchlie House Hotel in Aberdour Road for a chat, a look at members’
photographs and even a beer or two.
Annual membership fees are : Adult £30
Senior,
Junior & Unwaged £25
In addition to this, members pay £1.00 for each attendance (£2 for non-members) . This is aimed mostly at paying for the hire of the hall, a tea or coffee at the interval, but it
also covers a raffle for a roll of film, a memory stick, or a handful of CDs or DVDs.
According to our constitution, we support “. . . the practice and encouragement of the art of photography in all its
branches.” At present, this applies to the increasing use of digital cameras and computers. We are happy to have our
members use any type of equipment, and we mostly make no distinction between the different processes. Nor do we treat
members any differently on the basis of their skill; new members are welcome whatever their ability. Whether they are
international exhibitors or absolute beginners, they are equally welcome.
We regularly have three public exhibitions each year in Dunfermline and our work is also seen in a number of local and
national competitions.
Although we have no permanent studio or darkroom facilities, we have a good array of hardware for presentation of our
work, thanks in part to the generosity of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and the workings of the National Lottery.
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